Toilet seat and process of making the same



Oct. 29, 1929. B. c. BOOTH 1,733,482

TOILET SEAT AND PROCESS Of MAKING THE SAME Filed Sept. 19, 1927 Fig 2 Inventor:

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Patented ca. 29, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT orrica BYRON O. BOOTH, OI IUBKIGON HEIGHTS, EIOEIGAN, ASSIGNOB TO THE BRUNSWICK 'BALIE-OOLLDTDEB COMPANY, OI CHICAGO, ILLUOIS, A. CORPORATION 01' DELL-- 'rornnzr sm'r or name 'rnn sum Application ma semiiber 1a, 1921. Serial Io. 220,414.

My invention relates to an improvement in rubber-coated articles and process of makthe same, and more specifically to closet seats.

. 5 filtho this type of seat has many advantages and has met opular favor, yet it has been im ossible to incorporate pigment in the hard ru ber coating in such wise as to impart a pleasing white, blue or other light color to 19 the same and thus bring it in harmony with the walls and fixtures of bath rooms.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a rubber coatin for toilet seats havm a white or other desired light color.

151 t is a further object of the invention to rovide a toilet seat with a hard rubber coat- 1ng which will im art strength -to the structure and a soft ru ber coating for giving it an attractive appearance.

It is an object of the invention, therefore, to provide such seats with an additional layer V of soft rubber which may be colored, and a seat will thus be produced which has not only sanitary qualities but which is also pleasing in appearance.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings forming a I part of this specification: so Fig. 1. is a plan view ofa seat embodying the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the seat comrises a wooden core A, a layer on the core of ard rubber B, and an outer layer of soft rubber C. The wooden core A may be made u in the usual way from a blank consisting o a lurality of layers of wood.

A r the core has been shaped and dried, it is covered with a heavy coating of rubber composition in a lastic state, and the wooden core covered wit this lastic mass is then introduced into a suitablb vulcanizing'mold. The rubber forming the composition thus applied is made up with a comparatively large rcentage of sulphur so that, after it has en vulcanized ,on the wooden core by subject" the mold to a vulcanizing heat for a suitab e length of time and then allowing to cool, theseat will present a hard black I surface. i

' The core A with the hard rubber coating B I thus produced is then covered-with a layer of soft rubber in a plastic state to which a pig- 5s ment has been added. The composition of the soft rubber is low in sulphur content and is adapted to be colored by the addition of a suitable dye or pigment in order that it may harmonize with the walls and fixtures of the 60 bath room. The pigment added may be of any suitable color, but as the bath room-and fixtures are usually white, a .white pigment such as white lead, lithopone, zinc oxide, or titanium oxide may'be used, or, if referred, a suitable'dye may be added. Lit opone is generally preferred because of its chea ness.

The core with the two layers of rub er is.

t then again introduced into a vulcanizing mold havingacapacityfief the exactdu licate ofthe 7 finished seat. e mold is su jected to a vulcanizing heat for a suitable length of time after which the wooden core with its two layers of rubber is allowed to cool and the finished seat is then removed from the mold.

The seat now com rises a wooden core with a coating of hard ru ber completely encasing and vulcanized to the core, and a layer of soft rubber completely encasing and vulcanized to the layer of hard rubber, with the layer of soft rubber suitably colored to harmonize with its surroundings.

- While the description has been given in detail as to how the rubber coatings may be applied to a wooden core in order to form a finished seat, it will be-understood that a seat cover may be formed in the same manner, a wooden frame'being substituted for the; core which is suitably shaped to form the cover. Similarly, other desired shapes and forms may be used as a core for the production of articles of various kinds.

While I have described the preferred form of my invention in detail, I do not wish to be limited to the exact embodiment shown, as many changes maybe made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. For example, I may dispense with the first vulcanizing step and vulcanize the two rubber coatings simultaneously, although this is not my preferred process.

What I claim and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The process of making a toilet seat comprising the steps of forming at Wooden core, coating said core with hard rubber, vulcanizing said coatin then applying a. coating of soft rubber an vulcenizing the same. 0

m 2. A closet seat comprising a core, a vulca-nized hard rubber coating on said core, and an outer coating of soft rubber having a light color vulcanized on said bard rubber coating.

3. A closet seat comprising a Wooden core, a.

vulcanized hard rubber coating on said core, and an outer coating of White soft rubber, vulcanized on said hard rubber coating.

4. A closet seat comprising an outer coating of White, softrubber vulcanized on a hard rubber body. V

. 5. A closet seat comprising a rigid core and a ooatin of white soft rubber thereon having smoot exposed surface.

A BYRON G BOOTH. 

